For over a decade, ARCE has partnered with the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) to equip Egyptian antiquities inspectors and architectural conservators with the practical fieldwork skills and techniques required by modern archaeological excavation, site management and conservation projects. Following on the success of archaeological field training for antiquities inspectors, ARCE developed a special field school for just for MSA architectural conservators, which ran from 2007-2010. As part of the Luxor East Bank Groundwater Lowering Response Project, the conservator training program helped to create  a cadre of Egyptian conservators who can take the lead in the area’s conservation activities. In 2011 ARCE introduced an advanced training program for former graduates of the Conservation Field School.